Sinkhole risk in Chicot County, AR: No soluble rock mapped

No soluble rock mapped

No soluble bedrock mapped.

On soluble rock: 0%
At or near the surface: 0%
Buried under cover: 0%

The next step for one property

No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.

Across 637 square miles, under one square mile of Chicot County maps onto soluble rock. With about 9,272 residents (15 per square mile), much of the land is open, and the mapped rock may sit far from where people actually live. The figures come from 320 map points about 1.4 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Chicot County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Oktibbeha County, MS, about 140 miles east. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Washington County, MS 20 mi east · 0% at surface
Ashley County, AR 28 mi west · under 1% at surface
Drew County, AR 33 mi northwest · 18% at surface
West Carroll Parish, LA 34 mi south · 0% at surface
East Carroll Parish, LA 37 mi south · 0% at surface
Sharkey County, MS 38 mi southeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Arkansas

Chicot County ranks 38 of 75 in Arkansas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.